Tatitlek vs Whittier

A side-by-side comparison of Tatitlek and Whittier: population, income, housing, and more.

Tatitlek and Whittier are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whittier has the higher population (471 vs 23 in Tatitlek). Tatitlek has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $57,188 in Whittier). Since 2019, Whittier's population has grown faster (+48.1% vs -68.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Tatitlek	Whittier
Population	23	471
Median age	33.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$57,188
Median home value	—	$83,500
Median gross rent	—	$965
Housing units	60	340
Homeownership rate	44.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tatitlek	Whittier
Population	73 → 23 (-68.5%)	318 → 471 (+48.1%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $61,875 (-4.8%)	$59,000 → $57,188 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $98,000 (+5.0%)	$63,100 → $83,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$875 → $965 (+10.3%)

Tatitlek

Population

7323

Median household income

$65,000$61,875

Median home value

$93,300$98,000

Whittier

Population

318471

Median household income

$59,000$57,188

Median home value

$63,100$83,500

Median gross rent

$875$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tatitlek	Whittier
Under 5	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	30.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.4%	8.5%
75 and over	13.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tatitlek	Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	95.7%	4.7%
Asian	0.0%	29.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	9.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tatitlek	Whittier
No high school diploma	27.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	55.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tatitlek	Whittier
Drove alone	0.0%	39.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	100.0%	27.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tatitlek	Whittier
1-unit, detached	93.3%	5.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	81.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Tatitlek	Whittier
Poverty rate	34.8%	15.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	7
Median year structure built	1987	1953